Posted on 16/10/2020 20:04
Well, I've just had the email saying we have to register with the nhs test and trace app when arriving on site. As a couple we own standard old school phones which don't have the app facility so are we now discriminated against and can't enjoy our hobby?
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Posted on 17/10/2020 15:57 by TinwheelerI’m with you, TDA. I can’t understand not taking advantage of modern technology that makes life easier. I enjoy using my phone for all things and the only thing I regard as unsafe is using public Wi-fi. The phone network is definitely safer than, say, site Wi-fi.😎
Posted on 17/10/2020 16:16
I think as a person you either use all the tech the 21st century offers or you accept your world is the 20th century. We as a species are swiftly moving to higher & higher tech, it already controls much of our everyday life. Unfortunately the world will not indefinitely pander to the troglodytes they will just be left behind. If that is some folks choice-have at it👍🏻🙂
Posted on 17/10/2020 16:16 by Rocky 2 bucketsI think as a person you either use all the tech the 21st century offers or you accept your world is the 20th century. We as a species are swiftly moving to higher & higher tech, it already controls much of our everyday life. Unfortunately the world will not indefinitely pander to the troglodytes they will just be left behind. If that is some folks choice-have at it👍🏻🙂
Posted on 17/10/2020 16:28
That reminds me of someone I went to school with who won't even use text so misses out on so much while the world moves on.
I think techie stuff is helping us stay safe at this time. Contactless payment, shopping online, booking in at the doc's surgery from the car and, of course, the NHS app designed you help us beat Covid.
Posted on 17/10/2020 16:28 by TinwheelerThat reminds me of someone I went to school with who won't even use text so misses out on so much while the world moves on.
I think techie stuff is helping us stay safe at this time. Contactless payment, shopping online, booking in at the doc's surgery from the car and, of course, the NHS app designed you help us beat Covid.
Posted on 17/10/2020 16:32 by Rocky 2 bucketsNot forgetting Youtube-no more book buying, if you want to know how & what to use to stop a small leak. . .YouTube it👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Posted on 16/10/2020 20:56 by DavidKlyneI have asked Rowena to get some clarification on this but I agree with TW it can't be mandatory otherwise I think they would have said that and it would have sparked thousands of cancellations!
Having said that I used the QR code at Seacroft earlier in the week on both of our Android phones and it seems an easy way of registering your location. I feel more comfortable using the app than giving my details to any tom,dick or harry in a pub or a restaurant! Who knows where those details end up? Whether we like it or not the future will require us to be connected or be in the slow lane!
David
Posted on 17/10/2020 17:04
Signing up to the app you have give the details.
Just wait for the junk to start. It has already happened to lots of friends of our ‘ s.
Info sold on , for a great profit, and every Tom, Dick and Harry know where you are during your lifetime.
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Posted on 17/10/2020 15:02 by AcoupleofOldiesIt's not mandatory just a request as we read it. Our phones are just that PHONES and our computer a laptop. Tablets as far as we are concerned is something you get from the chemist. Even if we had a smart phone we would not download an App (whatever that is) that reported back to a system run by the former CEO of TalkTalk. Our details were among those of thousands hacked. The adage once bitten twice shy applies we wouldn't trust anything that is run by that particular individual. The club needs to send out another email reassuring members that alternative means of registering their details will be accepted and that this "App" is NOT A REQUIREMENT.
Posted on 17/10/2020 17:13
I would encourage you to be a little better informed on the advantages of technology. The problems at TalkTalk were flaws in their computer systems nothing at all to do with phones run on their network. My wife thought she was perfectly happy with her Nokia 6200 phone until I persuaded her to let me buy her a Smart Phone as a present. She is now on her second Smart Phone and I don't think she would surrender it without a fight!!! People who have no experience of Smart Phones have no idea what these wonderful pieces of technology can do. Mine can run my bank and credit card accounts, control my heating at home when I am away in the van, I can measure how far I walk or cycle, I can take a picture of a flower I don't recognise and get the name through an app on my phone. If I am in a strange places I have maps at my disposal to find the way to where I want to be. All this on a piece of equipment I can slip into my pocket. The NHS COVID App is there to try and protect you and others around you.
David
PS How do you book Club sites?
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Posted on 17/10/2020 17:04 by tricia11Signing up to the app you have give the details.
Just wait for the junk to start. It has already happened to lots of friends of our ‘ s.
Info sold on , for a great profit, and every Tom, Dick and Harry know where you are during your lifetime.
Posted on 17/10/2020 16:08 by JVB66"Meanwhile on planet earth" every move you now make is some ones information
Posted on 17/10/2020 17:32
It probably always was JVB, village gossips have been over taken by smart technology. 
I think the email sent out from the club could have been a bit more user friendly but if you have a smart phone it saves too much personal contact at site receptions just now....I know this might affect you personally but the rest of us don't need to know everything that's going on , do we? 
Carian